# Minuteman Library Network — user reviews > 55 indexed App Store user reviews of Minuteman Library Network by Minuteman Library Network, Inc, rated 2.42/5 from 109 ratings. - Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minuteman-library-network/id1078226911/reviews - App overview in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/minuteman-library-network/id1078226911.md - Rating breakdown: 5★ 17 · 4★ 10 · 3★ 14 · 2★ 29 · 1★ 39 ## Newest reviews (17 of 55) ### 2/5 — At least can search *2024-12-14* Doesn’t let me book or see my checkouts and holds at least the card and search functionalities work would greatly appreciate having it restored to complete functionality ### 2/5 — Embarrassingly bad *2024-08-16* A library app that displays not even the bare minimum of bibliographic data on things like loan lists is embarrassingly bad. Have to use the browser version to get decent info. Also slow and now is crashing, won’t open without a reinstall. Please try again. ### 2/5 — Crashes *2024-08-04* Been using this app for years without a problem. Recently, it crashes. Reinstalled it and it works for a while, but then crashes again. Nothing seems to fix this issue. Very frustrating! ### 3/5 — kicks me out *2024-07-16* sometimes this app is annoying but what’s happened to me over the past couple of days is that whenever i open it my screen gets blurry and then it kicks me out. the only solution is to delete the app and put in ur information in again which isn’t really ideal. and this means i can’t see the due dates or put books on hold or even check out books because the card is on the app. this has only happened twice but in quick succession. overall it’s a helpful app ### 2/5 — Buggy to no end *2024-07-14* I love the network, but they need a better app. It keeps force closing and I have uninstall/reinstall several times. Before that it would not load check outs, or holds. Several titles it would not let me request from anither in network library ### 2/5 — App Keeps Crashing *2024-07-14* App was working, albeit slowly, and now it just keeps crashing every time I try to open it. have tried uninstalling and reinstalling the app and it’s the same thing. ### 2/5 — App not working on iPhone *2024-07-11* After years of using this app with no problems it now just crashes anytime I try launching it. It has become unusable at this point. I have tried reinstalling the app with no success in having it successfully launch. Is there any future update planned to address the instability of the app? ### 3/5 — A good app when it works *2023-09-06* The app crashes often, making it hard to use. Otherwise, it’s a good app when it works m. ### 3/5 — Digital library card no longer works *2022-11-16* In the last couple months the digital library card no longer shows up. When selected from any of at least two locations you can try from, the screen brightens like normal but no card information shows up. I uninstalled and reinstalled but have the same problem. Like others I also notice the search results show fewer results than they used to. Even for material I know is there, I don’t get result returns. ### 2/5 — Downgrade *2022-07-30* Borderline unusable since the big overhaul. Incredibly slow. Search results don’t seem accurate. Things I was able to find previously are no longer showing up, e.g. particular volumes of a manga series that I know exist suddenly can’t be found. Still has some necessary functions that I appreciate, ability to see current checkouts, overdue, renewing items, etc. ### 3/5 — Some annoying bugs *2022-04-07* This release has some annoying bugs that make the app difficult to use. When doing an advanced search of the catalog the virtual keyboard disappears and then reappears after each keystroke - making the user pause between each letter entered. This really makes the process of typing in search criteria super painful. Also in advanced search, when searching by author the app presents as bogus results all entries that have no listed author. Lack of a field should not match a specifically entered criterion. Very weak search capability - kind of a MLN trademark. It’s often best to search on the web (much better search engine) and then use the resultant ISBN to find it in the MLN catalog. ### 2/5 — Downgrade *2021-12-11, version 2.0.1* Hi. This app used to work really well. Now it’s slow, has less functionality (can’t search for music scores anymore), and is much uglier. What happened? Can’t we go back? ### 2/5 — Ugly revision *2021-12-08, version 2.0.1* All a dark shaded grey except for library card page, some pages in small print hard for us older people and what’s with the loss of all the Color? Everything a shabby black on grey now. Ugly ugly ugly. ### 2/5 — Was better before *2021-12-04* It’s a shame that this app was “updated” in the past week. There is less functionality, the text point size seems geared to the Large Print set, and the search feature crashes the app every time. If there was a way to revert to the earlier version I’d do it in a snap. ### 2/5 — Dated design, but works *2021-03-10, version 1.4.1* Dated design such in pure iPhone X era. Works ok as digital library card. ### 3/5 — Pass *2020-11-14, version 1.4.1* Great app but would be great to have the Digital pass in the Apple Wallet. Also update the app to take advantage of larger phones. ### 2/5 — Keeps crashing *2020-09-28, version 1.4* Have always liked this app but lately it crashes every time I search or try to click on a result (rendering it useless, can’t see what’s available, can’t place hold, etc.). Updated to most recent version to no avail. Please fix! ## Most critical reviews (10 lowest-rated) ### 1/5 — Broken For A While Now *2024-09-07* App used to work pretty well, but it’s been broken for a while now. Just crashes every time I open it. Assuming it’ll be fixed eventually, but it’s been at least a couple of months, which is a long time for it to be completely non-functional! ### 1/5 — Useless and nonfunctional app *2024-08-13* The app doesn’t open any more and hasn’t been useable for weeks. When you click on it it does nothing. When I went to the library and asked if others had a problem, they said people always complain about this app so they didn’t notice. I was able to use a workaround and use Libby to pull my library card up and will do what the librarian suggested - delete this app. ### 1/5 — Was great now crashes when trying to open *2024-07-14* Came on here to get an update thinking they must be a new version but no there isn’t. I use this a lot and I’m very disappointed that it stopped working. It keeps crashing and disappears when I try to open it very upsetting. I hope they came up with a new update soon because the Library app has been great. Otherwise I will change my review once this is fixed because I really appreciate this app. ### 1/5 — Garbage *2022-01-19, version 2.0.4* Sorry, this doesn’t even work and when I enter my credentials which work on the website it locks up. Why would I want this on my phone. ### 1/5 — Unable to login *2021-07-12, version 1.4.2* Unable to login. After entering credentials it’s constantly spinning the wheel trying to login. ### 1/5 — Broken! *2020-11-03, version 1.4.1* Ok, Let’s talk. Every time I try to get in it kicks me out. It is impossible to use! It’s stupid and dumb just like the developers. -IamnoobDedMe ### 1/5 — Broken on iOS 13 *2019-11-12, version 1.3.1* It is now impossible to put an item on hold since selection menus don’t display. See other reviews stating the same thing. The app could also get a redesign as it looks terrible and doesn’t scale on “newer” screens (post iPhone 5). ### 1/5 — This app stopped working *2019-11-07, version 1.3.1* I can’t select any dialogue boxes any more. When I go to reserve a book I can choose a library or answer any of the prompts. ### 1/5 — Doesn’t work on iPad with keyboard *2019-11-06, version 1.3.1* Giving this version a 1-star rating because on an iPad connected to a keyboard the screen is horizontal, but the app doesn’t recognize this and the text runs vertically. ### 1/5 — Can even log in. *2017-05-29, version 1.0.5* Junk. The app hangs while trying to validate my account. I let it try twice for 10 minutes or so each time and it just sat there showing me the spinner. Tried to open the next day and the spinner is still spinning. (Even if I mistyped my login, I should at least have an error message by now.) ## Most praised reviews (10 highest-rated) ### 5/5 — Huge selection of business and strategy books *2023-12-01* Soooo many books!!!!! Thank you! ### 5/5 — Best library app *2020-12-15, version 1.4.1* I have all the local library’s apps. This is by far the best one and they always add usefull features. You can use your card as a digital version so you have the code on the screen for scanning. And they also added being able to set up your curbside pickup. Every other library we use you have to call a human to set up the pickup. I think the newest is mobile check-out where you can scan the code on the book which checks it out automatically. I havent tested that one yet as no library is currently open but I love the option. I might never need to tak to another human again. At least while getting my books. ### 5/5 — Very Convenient and Accessible! *2020-07-21* I can track my holds, renew library items, see due dates a quick glance and search the catalog of either my specific library or the entire network from my phone. Not much more a person can ask for from a library app. ### 5/5 — Better than the website *2019-05-15, version 1.3* I got this on my phone to replace the plastic barcode on my keychain. Looks like theres a lot of useful areas here. I’ll explore more later. Seems like a good thing to download if you take advantage of the Museum passes and audiobooks. Thanks form making this. Support your local library!!! ### 5/5 — A library card for my phone *2018-10-04, version 1.1.1* Works! I can never find my card. **Developer response:** Thank you, John 5511. We strive to deliver the best user experience. ### 5/5 — I love this app! *2018-07-26* Wherever I am — whether watching the Sunday morning political shows, or listening to NPR — and I learn about a new book, I pull up the app and reserve the book. And it gets delivered to my local library in a few days. ### 5/5 — Place Hold button gone *2017-03-31, version 1.0.5* My main use of the app was to search the collection, place holds, and renew items. There is no way to access my book lists, either to read them or edit them. I can access them through the website, which defeats the purpose of the app. I ran into a bug in a recent update, but the development team responded quickly, so I am happy to give 5 stars. ### 5/5 — Great! *2016-09-07, version 1.0.1* What a great edition to the Minuteman Library system. The app works great and it's super easy to renew my books and put more on hold right from the app. I also never have to worry about forgetting my card with the digital library card feature! ### 4/5 — Really good, maybe on way to Oustanding!😀 *2022-02-14* I use this app very often, and although as an old programmer, I sometimes think “I would have done that feature differently”. I will say this: The App Just Works. On top of that, when you report bugs, they fix them really fast! I reported an app crash bug on 14-January, and the fix came out sometime before 14-February. This includes the hang-time for the report getting from my library to the developer MLN contracts with. Remember this when libertarians claim private industry is ALWAYS better than govt. Sometimes it’s the two together that excel. I wish I could get J&J to fix the bugs in their vaccine trial app (now going on 14 months broken) and The Week magazine and Xinio (now going on like 3-4 years seriously broken) ### 4/5 — Fairly outdated but still works *2021-10-07, version 1.4.3* Would be great if Apple Wallet support was included to add a digital version of my library card. --- *Data collected daily from the US App Store and indexed by [AppsHunter](https://appshunter.io/). User reviews are verbatim App Store reviews. Ratings, prices and chart positions refresh continuously; this snapshot is from 2026-06-10.*